Author/Editor		Zupan, A; Erjavec, T; Šavrin, R; Kralj, A; Karčnik, T; Škorjanc, T; Benko, H; Obreza, P
Title		Respiratory muscle training and FES to enhance cough in tetraplegic patients
Type		članek
Source		In: Miklavčič D, Bajd T, Stanič U, editors. Proceedings of the 9th international conference on mechanics in medicine and biology; 1996 Jun 30-Jul 4; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Slovenian society of medical and biological engineering,
Publication year		1996
Volume		str. 609-12
Language		eng
Abstract		Thirteen tetraplegic patients were included in the study. Each patient was subjected for three one-month lasting periods of training: inspiratory muscle training, expiratory muscle training and a period without training. The sequence of these three periods was random. Respiratory tests (RT) measuring forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume during the first second (FEV1) and maximal static pressures in the mouth were conducted before and following each monthly period. Measurements were taken under three sets of conditions: the patients unassisted efforts, their efforts combined with pressure manually applied by a therapist to the upper part of their abdomen, and their efforts accompanied by electrical stimulation (ES) of the abdominal muscles during the early phase of expirium. This study concludes that respiratory muscle training is a potentially effective approach and that ES of the abdominal muscles has potentials to improve coughing in tetraplegic patients.
Descriptors		QUADRIPLEGIA COUGH ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY BREATHING EXERCISES ABDOMINAL MUSCLES RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS